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Call Number:
MSS 8
Creator:
Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797-1872
Title(s):
Album of drawings of Switzerland and Italy
Date:
1824
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Travel sketches
Part of Collection:
Oversize 4
Provenance:
Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
A continuation of the previous sketchbook, labeled on the spine "II Vol 1824". Carr's Grand Tour continues on 9 Sept 1824 at Tourtemagne (Turtmann, Switzerland). She crosses through Simplon Pass in early September and moves southeast towards Como, south to Genoa, and spends the last week of September traveling east along the Mediterranean, with sketches concentrated in La Spezia, Livorno, Pisa, and Florence.
Physical Description:
1 volume (67 drawings) : graphite, some with watercolor ; 38 x 54 cm
Genre:
Pictorial works, Travel sketches, Graphite drawings, Watercolors (paintings), Diaries, Genealogies, Scrapbooks, Sketchbooks, Landscape drawings, Views, Charcoal drawings, Engravings (prints), Photographs, and Wash drawings
Subject Terms:
Chron
Grand tours (Education)
History
Social life and customs
Women artists
Women travelers
Subject Period:
1824-1899
Associated Places:
Europe
France
Great Britain
Italy
Northumberland (England)
Pisa (Italy)
Switzerland
Associated People/Groups:
Carr family
Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797-1872
Carr, Harriet, 1829-1889
Carr, Thomas William, 1830-1912
Cranworth, Laura Rolfe, Lady, 1807-1868
Cranworth, Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron, 1790-1868
Eshott House (Alnwick, England)
Lushington, Sarah Grace, 1794-1837
Finding Aid Title:
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/24.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3305
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3305?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1